Hi Everyone-- Marcia Marvin and I went up to see the White-winged Crossbill family in Fort Collins. It was a very nice visit (male on the ground, female slurping on maple sap and coming into a bush 20 feet away). On our way home, we stopped at Windsor Reservoir. From WCR 78, we scoped south and saw only Ring-billed Gulls, but there was a large group on a spit that was too engulfed in heat shimmer to do anything with. From WCR 17.75, we scoped north. I picked out an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull in the middle of the lake. We saw no white-winged gulls or Thayers. I don't know where else to scope from. The picnic areas look like private property.
A male Red-breasted Merganser and two Horned Grebes in mostly breeding plumage were at the south end of the reservoir. A Harlan's Red-tail was on a power pole on CO-257 just south of WCR 80.5. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
